The AM Roundup: Searching for Holder, Marine Settles with BAE

Whither the AG? Attorney General Eric Holder took an oddly low-key stance as Congress debated (and later passed) a bill curbing the Justice Department’s role in terror cases.

Observers say his weakened position shows the effects of nearly three years of battles with conservatives over everything from Bush-era interrogation policies to the botched Fast and Furious gun-trafficking investigation.

A Justice Department spokeswoman disputed that he has been sidelined in the debate, saying the attorney general made calls to senators that swayed votes on Nov. 29. WSJ

Decorated marine settles: Dakota Meyer, the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, dropped an employment-related lawsuit against BAE Systems. . .